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  • August 2, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Judge Declines to Recuse in Fraud Suit Against His Alma Mater

    Three attorneys behind a spate of fraud class actions targeting law schools made the case yesterday that a trial judge who attended one of the schools being sued cannot be impartial. T

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  • March 3, 2000 | The Recorder

    Incubators Are Nurturing Urge To Go Public

    When a holding company like Internet Capital Group commands a market cap of $27 billion, it's no surprise that managers of similar operations are looking for their own initial public offerings.

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  • April 19, 2004 | Alm

    Regional All-Stars Enlist to Stop 9th Circuit Split

    Eric George, the son of Chief Justice Ronald George and a lawyer known for his behind-the-scenes juice, has organized a troop of big-name lawyers from across the political spectrum to oppose s

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  • August 23, 2002 | The Recorder

    Closely Watched Hyperlink Patent Case Tossed

    A British Telecommunications Inc. patent issued prior to the advent of the Internet does not cover hyperlinking, a New York federal judge ruled Thursday.Tossing out British Telecom's i

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  • January 25, 2000 | The Recorder

    LAW IN THE FAMILY

    Here's a glimpse of family ties among Silicon Valley lawyers: Rachel Rosati is the most recent addition to the network, having summered at Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich in Palo Alto. According to h

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  • May 22, 2012 | The Recorder

    Facebook to Settle Privacy Lawsuit Over Ads

    SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook Inc. is settling one of the only privacy-related class actions facing the newly public company that hasn't been dismissed by a judge for lack of standing, accord

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  • March 1, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Communicator

    ON A QWEST Rich Baer is chief legal officer at Denver-based Qwest Communications International Inc., the nation's third-largest telecommunications company. Within Qwest's 14

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  • March 1, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    The New New Math

    Suddenly we're famous. I can't remember a time when newspapers paid more attention to the legal profession than they have in the past few weeks, as they covered the spike in associate salar

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  • April 30, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Legal Business Falls With Plunge in IPOs

    A dire market for initial public offerings this year has triggered an abrupt halt in work for corporate lawyers who regularly handle issues associated with those financings.

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  • May 12, 2006 | The Recorder

    Six Days, Six Lawyers, $24 Billion

    Golden West Financial Corp. General Counsel Michael Roster used to tell outside lawyers in speeches that there were certain firms he would call in to do a major transaction, or ("God forbid") a maj

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